The Meandre infrastructure provides a simple light HTML interface to facility simple interaction with the infrastructure. The easy way to access it is to hit the following URL:
http://<meandre_server_name>:<meandre_server_port>/public/services/ping.html
For instance, if you are running a default install on your laptop, you can reach the interface following this link
The figure below shows what you should get on your browser as a response to the the ping service request.
The ping service is a public one that requires no authentication. As you start interacting with the service, if authentication is needed, you will be prompted for it. This HTML interface provide a left side helper bar. The bar is separated in nine sections:
- Repository: Provides access to flows and components. It allows to add new ones. It also allows to explore the component and flow descriptors as well as submit flows for execution. Search and publishing capabilities are also available for both, components and flows.
- Publish: Allows to explore the current list of published components and flows.
- Execution: Provides an interface to list running flows , list the job status and their consoles, and also allows the upload of a repository for execution.
- Cluster: Provides the links to see information about the Meandre cluster this server is attached to. It also allows to shut the server down.
- Location: Manage location used. This includes basic addition, removal, and listing requests.
- Security: Manage users and their roles. It allows create, deletion, and update of users. Also, using a role map, allows to grant and revoke roles for users.
- Public: Miscellaneous public available services, such as dump the public repository, the demo repository, or the ping response.
- About: Allows easy access to miscellaneous information about the Meandre server.
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